Officers 

Marca Bristo, President
President
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago, IL 
Marca Bristo is President and CEO of Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago’s center for independent living.  She served as the Chair of the National Council on Disability, and the President of the National Council on Independent Living.

Eric Rosenthal, Vice President
Executive Director
Mental Disability Rights International
Washington, DC 
Eric Rosenthal is the founder and Executive Director of Mental Disability Rights International, which has exposed human rights atrocities inside institutions for people with mental disabilities internationally.

John Lancaster, Past President
Washington, DC 
John Lancaster is the former Executive Director of the National Council on Independent Living.

Barbara LeRoy, Secretary
Professor
Developmental Disabilities Institute
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Dr. LeRoy is the Director of the Developmental Disabilities Institute at Wayne State University in Detroit.  She is a disability consultant to the Ministries of Education in New Zealand, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.

Jeff Rosen, Treasurer
General Counsel and Vice President
Government Affairs, Snap! VRS
Snap Telecommunications
Washington, DC
Jeff Rosen is General Counsel and Vice President of Government Affairs at Snap!VRS.  For seven years, he was the General Counsel and Director of Policy for the National Council on Disability.

Directors 

Ann Cody
Director, Policy and Global Outreach
BlazeSport America
Atlanta, GA
Ann Cody is Director of Policy and Global Outreach with BlazeSports America.  She is a leading international advocate on sport and human rights for people with disabilities, and has spearheaded international initiatives focused on the rights of girls and women with disabilities in sport. 

Tony Coelho
Chair
Life Without Limits
Arlington, VA   
The Honorable Tony Coelho is the Chair of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and Life without Limits.  He is a former U.S. Congressman from the state of California who authored the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Lex Frieden
Professor
Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
Houston, TX 
Lex Frieden is Professor of Health Informatics and Professor of Rehabilitation at the University of Texas at Houston.  He has been a leader in the independent living movement since the 1970s and has received two Presidential Citations for his work in the disability field.

David Hutt
Senior Staff Attorney
National Disability Rights Network
Washington, DC
David Hutt is senior staff attorney at the National Disability Rights Network.  He has provided training and manages the Representative Payee Review Project, and works on issues related to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Dr. Patricia Morrissey
Consultant, Disability Policy
Dr. Morrissey is the former Commissioner of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities within the Administration for Family and Children in the US Department on Health and Human Services.  She is currently a consultant on disability policy.

David W. Oaks
Executive Director
MindFreedom International
Eugene, OR 
David Oaks is the Executive Director of MindFreedom International, an independent coalition working for human rights for people diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities.  For 34 years, David has been a community organizer advocating for improvements in the mental health system, including better human rights protections and more humane alternatives for mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors.

Maria Veronica Reina
Executive Director
Global Partnership on Disability and Development
Washington, DC
Maria Veronica Reina is Executive Director of the Global Partnership on Disability and Development.  She participated in the drafting negotiations for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Randy Rutta
Executive Vice President, Public Affairs
Easter Seals, Inc.,
Washington, DC 
Randy Rutta is Executive Vice President of Public Affairs at Easter Seals, Inc.  He has been a key leader in advocating for making transportation systems more accessible to people with disabilities.

Diana Samarasan
Director, Disability Rights Fund
Boston, MA 
Diana Samarasan is the director of the Disability Rights Fund, a grant maker to disabled people’s organizations in developing countries that are advocating for improved implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 

Lee Schulz
Executive Director
Independence First
Milwaukee, WI
Lee Schulz is Executive Director of Independence First and the co-founder of the Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers.  He has served as a longtime member of the National Council on Independent Living and is currently Amerigroup’s National Advisory Board on Improving Health Care Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities.

Glen White
Director
Research and Training Center on Independent Living
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Dr. White is Director of the Research and Training Center on Independent Living at the University of Kansas and has worked in the field of rehabilitation and independent living for more than 30 years.  Since 1997, he has conducted research and training to build capacity and disability leadership in Peru. Currently, Dr. White is on Sabbatical and visiting and working with disability leaders in Korea, Vietnam and Japan.

Government Representatives

David Baquis
The Access Board
Washington, DC 
David Baquis is an Accessibility Specialist in the Access Board’s Office of Technical and Information Services, an independent US federal agency that promotes accessibility for people with disabilities.  He was formerly Director of the National Center on Assistive Technology.

Joan Durocher
Executive Director
National Council on Disability
Washington, DC 
Joan Durocher is currently serving as the Executive Director of the National Council on Disability, an independent federal agency that advises the President and Congress about issues of importance to people with disabilities. 

Susan Parker, MSW/MSP
U.S. Department of Labor
Office on Disability Employment Policy
Washington, DC
Susan Parker is the Director of Policy Development in the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) at the US Department of Labor (DOL). She is responsible for developing policy options to increase employment among people with disabilities in the US.

Michael Winter
U.S. Department of Transportation
Washington, DC